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List of pig breeds

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ1593381 ↗
Source-derived summary

There are hundreds of breeds of the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus).

List with classification and standards

See also

List of sheep breeds

List of goat breeds

List of cattle breeds

Lists of domestic animal breeds

References

"Breeds of Livestock - Swine Breeds". ansi.okstate.edu. Oklahoma State University Dept. of Animal Science. 19 January 2021.

Ekarius, Carol (2008). Storey's Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle and Pigs. Storey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60342-036-5.

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This entry incorporates text from “List of pig breeds” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.